I wanted to title this blog "Imus Isn't Half As Bad As Your Government Is", but I'd already used my mandatory Imus headline.

The drug war has done to more harm to society, minorities in particular, than the Iraq war has. Richard Nixon coined the term "war on drugs" in 1971 after my parents got to have all their fun (BOO!)

Approximately 55% of federal inmates are drug offenders. (http://www.drugwarfacts.org/prison.htm) It costs us about $22,000 per inmate, per year (http://www.november.org/razorwire/rzold/22/22006.html) to keep these people in Federal prison (Republicans: This could have been a tax savings of about $19,133,840,000).

The "war on drugs" has torn families apart, clogged up our prisons and courtrooms, created terrible governments at our door in South America (Don't even let me get started about Afghanistan), and created a vacuum of poverty and crime (that does suck!!) in many low-income areas all over our country. (Democrats: if we taxed drugs, you'd be able to try to fund rehab programs, after school programs, all kind of spending :))

I'll be honest. I've wrestled with this issue, as far as crystal meth is concerned (thought it might need to be excluded from legalization), but the current way isn't working.

One of my good friends has become addicted to that crap (don't ask me how, I have no idea), and the last time I saw him, he was a shell of the person he was before. He's gone to jail several times, had to hire attorneys, pay fines, and a bunch of other things. If he'd taken the money he's spent on fines and attorneys, he could have gone to rehab by now. If he wasn't constantly having to look for it, he'd probably still have his job. My friend is not a criminal, he's got an addiction.

There has to be a better way.

The Government is winning the war on drugs. They just didn't tell us, we are the targets
This is an issue worthy of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

My "Mandatory" Imus Headline

News and Politics

Sorry, Everybody's got a "Imus" headlines now, and I kinda felt left out
But I think we've got bigger fish to fry.

I don't think the Republicans or Democrats are being intellectually honest with us about the war in Iraq, or Afghanistan. (In unison, YEAH!!)
We need to have a serious debate (not just here, but in the White House as well) about our foreign policy. (YEAH!)

Our government is cashing checks that our kids are going to have to pay for (with interest). We've got to figure out a way to stop that now. (YEAH!,,,,,, YEAH!!!)
I think we should eliminate the Postal Service and open the market up to regulated competition. (WHAT THE.&^%#!!).

I think I could convince a Postal carrier to support my position. But we need to solve the 1st three problems first. I'll blog about that another time (I'm supposed to leave you wanting for more, right?). Until then, lets discuss these issues until we can demand answers from our representatives.

Read my blog "info on tonight game" (www.myspace.com/thegblog). This whole thing is just another great example of the media (which I think is Republican biased by the way), chasing us off the government's sent. I agree, it is an issue, but there is a lot of things that aren't getting payed attention to right now. And everybody in the government is happy about that.

My Mandatory Imus Headline

Sorry, Everybody's got a "Imus" headlines now, and I kinda felt left out
But I think we've got bigger fish to fry.

I don't think the Republicans or Democrats are being intellectually honest with us about the war in Iraq, or Afghanistan. (In unison, YEAH!!)

We need to have a serious debate (not just here, but in the White House as well) about our foreign policy. (YEAH!)

Our government is cashing checks that our kids are going to have to pay for (with interest). We've got to figure out a way to stop that now. (YEAH!,,,,,, YEAH!!!)

I think we should eliminate the Postal Service and open the market up to regulated competition. (WHAT THE.&^%#!!).

I think I could convince a Postal carrier to support my position. But we need to solve the 1st three problems first. I'll blog about that another time (I'm supposed to leave you wanting for more, right?). Until then, lets discuss these issues until we can demand answers from our representatives.

Read my blog "info on tonight game". This whole thing is just another great example of the media (which I think is Republican biased by the way), chasing us off the government's sent. I agree, it is an issue, but there is a lot of things that aren't getting payed attention to right now. And everybody in the government is happy about that.

I'm Coming Out Against Gay Marraige

I am against gay marriage....

Of course, I'm against any government sanctioned marriage, so don't start calling me a homophobe yet (they'll be plenty of room for that in the comment section)

Being gay, to a gay person, is as normal as being straight is to me. I've always been straight, and don't remember ever deciding not to be gay, so I'm pretty sure its not a decision that gay people make either. I've seen my gay friends put up with vandalized vehicles (from spray-painted slurs to keying to knifing the tires), unwarranted comments and accusations, people treating them differently because of who they sleep with at night, and act like it never happened. I've gotten a lot more hostile at the word "faggot" spray painted on a vehicle of one of my friends than he did. He said "you have to get use to this kinda stuff when you are gay." Well I don't think they should. But I guess I can see his point.

Oh yeah, gay marriage.........I've got a better idea.

Lets spend our time and resources (Americans, not just gay Americans) removing social engineering from the government altogether. Lets take away the carrot (which we pay for in dollars and liberty) that the government dangles in front of us to get us to behave the way they want us to.

Many companies offer benefits to gay couples, and I think if your gay, you'd be wise to try and get a job with one of those companies (if your companion needs the benefits). Buy from companies that offer that benefit (I"m for boycotting companies that do if you disagree with their stance, so don't start with hypocracy accusations), and boycott companies who don't. It'll do a lot more to get the company to change its ways (either way), than asking the government to step in.

If a Baptist minister doesn't want to marry a gay couple, that's within his (I don't think they allow women Baptist ministers) rights (I've not really heard the gay community say otherwise), but homosexuals feel that they deserve the same rights as someone who isn't gay, and marriage is the carrot that is dangling. Well I say keep it all out of the governments hands. We (Americans) don't really have the habit of sending our best and brightest to Congress (or the state legislature for that matter), on either side of the aisle. I'd rather them make less decisions about my life than more. I feel I'm pretty consistent on that issue.

This is an open forum, but more than one line of your beliefs regarding homosexuality is a waste of your time and cyberspace (I"m sure I'm going to get them anyway).

This shouldn't be a debate about whether they're going to hell, or tearing down our nation. I'd like it to be a debate about government involvement in our personal lives. But the comments are yours to make.

Enjoy!